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#Public Integrity Section

The DOJ unit responsible for prosecuting corruption by public officials. Incidents involve the weaponization of the Public Integrity Section against political opponents or the dismantlement of its capacity to hold officials accountable.

2 incidents

Updated March 25, 2026 Rule of Law
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing

Weaponization of the Department of Justice: Retaliatory Investigations and Prosecutions

Systematic weaponization of the DOJ through a retaliatory investigations unit, indictments of political opponents that were dismissed as brought by an unlawfully appointed prosecutor, mass departure of career prosecutors, and dismantlement of the Civil Rights Division and Public Integrity Section.

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DOJ weaponizationretaliatory prosecutionLetitia JamesJames ComeyCivil Rights Division
Updated March 25, 2026 Corruption & Self-Dealing
Major Abuse of Power Ongoing

Systematic Pardons of Political Allies and Financial Criminals — $1.3 Billion in Victim Restitution Erased

A systematic pattern of pardons benefiting political allies, donors, and financial criminals. Over half of 88 clemency grants went to white-collar offenders, erasing $1.3 billion in victim restitution. Twenty corrupt politicians were pardoned. The DOJ's Public Integrity Section — responsible for investigating corruption — has been largely dismantled, and the head of the Pardon Attorney's office was fired and replaced with a political loyalist.

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pardonscorruptionwhite-collar crimepolitical alliesdonor access